PLANO, Texas, Oct. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ContentGuard, a
subsidiary of Pendrell Corporation (NASDAQ:PCO) and a pioneer of
content protection technologies, today introduced Yovo, a new
ephemeral messaging app that does much more than simply make the
photos and messages that we share disappear. Yovo is the first app
that allows users to protect pictures and messages, both old and
new, and from undesired screen captures via a patent-pending
scrambling technology. Users can also blur photos and selectively
choose who can discover what is behind the blur, and set
self-destruct timers for photos and messages from one second to 24
hours. What's more, Yovo allows users to share time-based and
protected content with friends across social media, including
Facebook and Twitter.
"Everyone is becoming more conscious of the digital trail they
leave. It seems as though there isn't a day that goes by
where we don't see a headline about the consequences of inadvertent
or malicious digital publication of our private lives," said
Scott Richardson, ContentGuard's
chief product officer. "Let's face it -- not every moment or
message is meant to be shared or stay online forever. Yovo
represents a new way to create and share photos and messages in a
more private, fun and interactive way."
Yovo's highly intuitive mobile app allows users to capture and
share private Yovo moments with friends without exposing those
private moments to unintended viewers. It also allows users to
share photos from their camera roll that were taken long ago
outside of the Yovo app. The app is simple, fun and easy to
use with features that include:
- Screenshot Scrambling: Patent-pending technology is
unique in its ability to obscure an image, helping prevent screen
capturing and recording from another device.
- Blurred Previews: Make sharing photos more fun, playful
and interactive by blurring specific spots on images to tease
what's in the photo and increase privacy before viewing. Increase
or decrease the blur to make it more or less obvious.
- Social Sharing: Share a photo, message or both with
friends using text, email, Facebook or Twitter. Recipients will get
a single-use Yovo URL to view the image or message.
- Yovo Private Messaging: Message and share photos via
private Yovo conversations and choose who sees the conversation and
for how long.
- Yovo Timeline: View messages sent to you in your Yovo
Timeline – 'like' posts by "fist-bumping," and reply to messages or
posts with a text or a Yovo Moment
of your own.
- Viewing and expiration up to 24 hours: Set a
self-destruct timer from one second to 24 hours for approved
recipients to view the content before it disappears forever. All
content is deleted from Yovo's servers based on the user's
expiration settings for what they have shared.
- Photos and Text: Photos can be taken straight from the
app or chosen from your camera roll or library. Add text and change
the font color to match the theme of your content.
To create a Yovo, users simply start with a photo (taken from
within the app or from their camera roll), set the privacy
features, timing, then select the intended recipient(s) and
publish. Users decide who can see the content and for how long.
Just like sending a normal text, MMS message or posting on Facebook
or Twitter – but more fun, interactive and private!
In the mid-1990s, ContentGuard's inventors began developing and
patenting technology that enables much of today's ephemeral
functionality. This technology, represented by a global patent
portfolio of more than 300 issued patents, has been licensed by
major mobile handset vendors, consumer electronics manufacturers,
and media companies for the protection of digital content. With
Yovo, the company is leveraging its rich history of innovation to
safeguard consumers' privacy when sharing content with friends,
family or colleagues, by combining its proprietary rights
technology with 256-bit AES encryption.
The Yovo app is available for free across all iOS devices
(iPhone, iPod and iPad) from the App Store or from www.yovo.me. In
the coming weeks, a version for Android devices and additional
enhancements to the app will be available.
About ContentGuard
ContentGuard is developing software and services for the
emerging Internet privacy segment targeting both consumer and
business solutions. Spun out of Xerox PARC, ContentGuard is a
leading inventor, developer and licensor of content privacy and
control technologies with more than 300 issued patents worldwide.
ContentGuard currently has licensing agreements in place with
leading technology companies, including: Time Warner, LG, Nokia,
Sony, Panasonic, Microsoft, Toshiba, Casio, Fujitsu, Hitachi,
Pantech, Sharp, and Xerox. ContentGuard is owned by Pendrell Corp.
(NASDAQ: PCO) and Time Warner, and is headquartered in Plano, Texas. For more information, visit
www.ContentGuard.com.
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SOURCE ContentGuard